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Pike Street Press
Or how Sean Brown went from cattle ranching to custom printing.
By Seattle Mag October 17, 2011
This article originally appeared in the November 2011 issue of Seattle magazine.
Talk about a career change: A year ago, Sean Brown was working a cattle ranch in the southern Utah mountains; today, the Kirkland native is the proprietor of new Pike Street Press, an all-in-one letterpress design studio, custom-print shop and gallery tucked under the bustling Market hillclimb.
“I learned how to letterpress while in Utah and started a printing press, but shockingly, there weren’t a lot of people buying. Then again, it was mostly cows,” Brown says.
Now he prints custom invitations on the behemoth press in his open workshop.
Coaster sets (four for $10) and beautiful bookmarks ($3) are spread out on a rustic worktable. Brown also designs elegant, modern wedding and party invitations on cotton or recycled heavyweight. And hung on a clothesline-style wire is an array of local art (ranging from $50 to $300), such as Nate Stottrup’s stunning intaglio cutout prints, along with other paper pretties, including hand-printed calendars ($65) and gift cards ($3–$5).
Pike Place Market Hillclimb
1510 Alaskan Way at Pike Street
206.971.0120
thepikestreetpress.com
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